Lent

lent English Etymology 1 en ine-pro *dyew- Shortened form of en Lenten, from en ang lencten, from en gmw-pro *langatīn spring, as in a season into which days en lengthen as it progresses. Cognate with gsw langsé, gsw Langssi spring, bar longas, bar lòngas, bar longast spring, cim langaz, cim langhes, cim långez spring, cim lentz March, nl lente spring, de Lenz, de Lenze spring, mhn langes spring. Pronunciation en /lɛnt/ en En-us-lent.ogg US en ɛnt 1 en leant lent ; lint<aa:pin-pen> Noun en Christianity A period of the ecclesiastical year preceding Easter, traditionally involving temporary abstention from certain foods and pleasures. en Hezekiah gave up vaping for Lent. en Eastern Christianity The 40 days preceding Lazarus Saturday, the Saturday preceding Holy Week. en Roman Catholicism The 46 days preceding Easter, reckoned as 40 days by excluding Sundays. en 2026-02-16 Eler Alicia Lunar New Year, Ramadan and Lent in rare alignment this year. The holidays follow different solar and lunar calendars, but some of them sync up in 2026 w:Minnesota Star Tribune https://www.startribune.com/lunar-new-year-fat-tuesday-ramadan-and-lent-occur-around-the-same-time-this-year/601581997 This Tuesday and Wednesday, four holidays from different cultures and religions overlap in a rare calendar year. The celebrations of Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) and Lunar New Year both occur on Tuesday, Feb. 17 2026. This won't happen again until Feb. 13, 2029, according to the websites chinahighlights.com and mardigrasneworleans.com. Ramadan is expected to start Tuesday evening, pending official confirmation, and Lent (which begins on Ash Wednesday) begins on Feb. 18. Last year, Ramadan and Lent began within a week of each other on Feb. 28 and March 5. The holidays are all happening within two days this year because several long solar, lunar and lunisolar calendar cycles sync up. Lunar New Year happens on the second new moon after winter solstice, which is also Fat Tuesday (Mardi Gras) — 47 days before Easter Sunday. https://web.archive.org/web/20260917002025/https://www.startribune.com/lunar-new-year-fat-tuesday-ramadan-and-lent-occur-around-the-same-time-this-year/601581997 17 September 2026 en UK education en Lent term. en Buddhism Myanmar pi vassa, period of the Buddhist lent during the rainy season Synonyms Christianity en Lententide, Lent season, en Lenten en season, season of Lent, en Quadragesima Eastern Christianity en Great Lent educational en Lent term Hypernyms Christianity en liturgical en season, en carene rare Hyponyms Roman Catholicism en Ash Wednesday 1st day, en Quadragesima Sunday 1st Sunday, en Reminiscere Sunday 2nd Sunday, en Oculi Sunday 3rd Sunday, en Laetare Sunday 4th Sunday, en Passion Sunday 5th Sunday, en Palm Sunday 6th Sunday, en Holy Saturday last day see terms for synonyms Eastern Orthodoxy en Clean Monday 1st day, en Lazarus Friday last day Derived terms en Mid-Lent Translations Christian period of penitence before Easter Amharic: am የሁዳዴ ጾም m Arabic: ar الصَّوْم الْأَرْبَعِينِيّ m, ar اَلصَّوْم اَلْكَبِير m Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܨܵܘܡܵܐ ܕܐܲܪܒܥܝܼ ṣāwmā d-arbʿī m, aii ܨܵܘܡܵܐ ܓܘܼܪܵܐ ṣāwmā gurā m Armenian: hy Մեծ Պահք Aromanian: rup preasinj, rup preasinji, rup pãreasinj Asturian: ast Cuaresma f Basque: eu Garizuma in Belarusian: be Вялі́кі по́ст m Bulgarian: bg Вели́к по́ст m Catalan: ca Quaresma f, ca quaresma f Cebuano: ceb Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 大齋期 dàizhāiqī, cmn 四旬节 sìxúnjié, cmn 四旬節 Coptic: cop Czech: cs velký půst m, cs postní doba Danish: da faste c Dutch: nl veertigdagentijd m; nl vastentijd m Esperanto: eo Fastsezono, eo Karesmo Farefare: gur nõor-lʋa Finnish: fi paasto, fi paastonaika, fi suuri paasto French: fr carême m Friulian: fur coresime f, fur cresime f Galician: gl coresma f Georgian: ka დიდი მარხვა German: de Fastenzeit f Greek: el Σαρακοστή f, el Μεγάλη Τεσσαρακοστή f Hawaiian: haw Kalema Hebrew: he הַתַּעֲנִית hata'anít f Hindi: hi चालीसा काल m Hungarian: hu nagyböjt Ido: io karesmo Indonesian: id Prapaskah Ingrian: izh Suurpyhä, izh Pääsiänpaasto, izh Äijäpyhä Irish: ga Carghas Italian: it Quaresima f Japanese: ja 四旬節 しじゅんせつ, shijunsetsu Konkani: kok कोरेज्म n Korean: ko 사순절(四旬節) Ladin: lld carëisema f Latin: la quādrāgēsima Latvian: lv Lielais gavēnis m Lithuanian: lt Gavėnia f Luxembourgish: lb Faaschtenzäit f Malay: ms Pra-Paskah Malayalam: ml Maltese: mt Randan Manx: gv Cargys f Mòcheno: mhn Vòst f Moore: mos no-loeere Norman: nrf Tchithême m Norwegian: Bokmål: nb faste m, nb fastetid m f, nb langfaste m f Nynorsk: nn langfaste f Occitan: oc caresma f Persian: fa چله روزه čelle ruze Polish: pl Wielki Post m Portuguese: pt quaresma Romanian: ro postul mare, ro postul Paștelui, ro postul Paștilor, ro păresimi, ro Păresimi f-p Romansh: rm curaisma f, rm cureisma f, rm curesma f, rm quaraisma f Russian: ru Вели́кий пост m Sardinian: sc caresima Scottish Gaelic: gd Carghas m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh коризма f, sh Велики пост m Latin: sh korizma f, sh Veliki post m Sicilian: scn Quarèsima f Slovak: sk Veľký pôst m Slovene: sl véliki pôst m Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb spót m, dsb spótny cas m Spanish: es Cuaresma f Swahili: sw kwaresima Swedish: sv fastan c, sv påskfastan c Tagalog: tl Kuwaresma, tl Kurisma Tigrinya: ti Turkish: tr Büyük Perhiz Ukrainian: uk Вели́кий піст m Venetan: vec cuaréxema f, vec quaresima f Vietnamese: vi Mùa Chay Walloon: wa cwareme f Welsh: cy Grawys m Yiddish: yi פֿאַסטצײַט f, yi גרויסער פּאָסט m, yi פּאָסטצײַט f Etymology 2 Two main origins: Reduced form of en nl van Lent, a habitational surname for someone from nl Lent, in Gelderland. Perhaps an Americanized spelling of en de Lenth, from a personal name related to the noun de Land. Proper noun s en. Statistics According to the 2010 United States Census, Lent is the 7652nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 4341 individuals. Lent is most common among White (93.16%) individuals. Further reading en Calendar Easter Forty en surnames from Dutch surnames from German Dutch Etymology First attested as in lente in 1196. Etymology nl 1. Potentially derived from gem-pro *linditja- linden grove, from gmw-pro *lindu, or dialectal nl lent quay where peat is stacked for transport. Compare nl Lenthe and nl Linde. Pronunciation nl /lɛnt/ nl Lent nl ɛnt 1 Proper noun n nl village/and/former municipality mun/Nijmegen p/Gelderland c/Netherlands nl Kikkergat<qq:Carnival nickname> Derived terms nl Lentenaar nl Lents References